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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Kness grants a motion from the defendant estate administrator of a drowned woman to dismiss the plaintiff ship owner's claim of limited liability for the drowned passenger. The woman drowned after falling off the ship owner's vessel on Lake Michigan, and the ship owner claims he has no liability for the death under the Limitation of Shipowner’s Liability Act. The court, however, agrees with the estate administrator that the Act does not apply in this case and dismisses the ship owner's claim.
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